Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Heavy rains wash away bridges in Buhera Herald 19.1.2021 Daniel Nemukuyu recently in Buhera HEAVY rains have damaged several bridges in Buhera South, making some areas inaccessible as many gravel roads are in a bad state while the tarred roads are heavily potholed. With such bad state of the roads, haulage trucks ferrying food …
Farmers should not let leaching drain crop yields Herald 19/1/2021 Farmers are advised to work with local experts in controlling leaching Sifelani Tsiko Agric Editor Farmers have been urged to work closely with agricultural extension workers in their areas to devise strategies for managing leaching due to the heavy rainfall that has pounded various …
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Tugwi-Mukosi on verge of spilling Herald 19/1/2021 Tugwi-Mukosi Dam Wall George Maponga in Masvingo Tugwi-Mukosi Dam is set to spill for the first time ever in the current rainy season, allowing the river to flow unimpeded downstream during a rainy season that is above normal. Seven years ago, in the first heavy rains in …
Inputs distribution, committed farmers will carry the day Herald 19/1/2021 Capacitation of extension staff through increased mobility and appropriate training for effective technical backstopping and coaching of farmers in light of Good Agricultural Practices also helped, thanks to President Mnangagwa’s initiative of mobilising 5 000 motor cycles for extension staff Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight IT …
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Crocodile visits Chiredzi hospital Herald 19/1/2021 UNWELCOME VISITOR . . . This crocodile was captured entering Chiredzi District Hospital yesterday Herald Reporters There was commotion at Chiredzi District Hospital yesterday after they received an unexpected visitor, a crocodile. The reptile which was spotted crawling through a corridor before resting in a storm drain, did …
Met dept monitors Cyclone Eloise Chronicle 19/1/2021 Harare Bureau The fifth tropical storm of the season for the southwest Indian Ocean, Eloise, was yesterday starting to reach the northern tip of Madagascar and could swing down the Mozambique Channel from Thursday, reaching southern Mozambique by the weekend and then moving into Zimbabwe, but no …
‘The land is the economy, the economy is the land’, but does this include young people? Reflections from Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe Situation 7-8 minutes There has been a flurry of studies on young people and agriculture in recent years, including in Zimbabwe. The wider critical literature has challenged the standard narratives around youth specific policy …
The ‘perfect’ rhino crime: Locals work in cahoots with poachers Standard 17/1/2021 news in depth: BY OSCAR NKALAZimbabwean police officer Sergeant Tawanda Kwaramba drove from Bulawayo to Victoria Falls on September 16, 2019, on a mission to undermine the law he had sworn to uphold. In Victoria Falls he loaded seven Chinese nationals into a …
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China’s imports of African agric products still flourishing Herald 18/1/2021 China’s imports of agricultural products from African countries expanded 4,4 percent China’s imports of agricultural products from African countries expanded 4,4 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2020, marking four consecutive years of positive growth, according to the Ministry of Commerce (MOC). In …
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Government to repossess underutilised land Chronicle 18/1/2021 Dr Anxious Masuka Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief GOVERNMENT has come up with a Statutory Instrument that will see it repossessing underutilised land at irrigation schemes. The SI, which is expected to be gazetted soon, will result in members of irrigation schemes who fail to revive and …